The Herald Keeps Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
Urrmtaimt Itatlft
vol .
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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928
DYNAMITE USED IN
TAKING HIS LIFE
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IRRIGON
FARMER
M ISS MAUD ROYDON
POULTRY RAISERS
HEAR DR. JOHNSON
HEAD IN SHOP
Friends Know of no Reason for Act
By F. L Rider; funeral
STUDY PLANTS ON COAST
Ott and Barnard to Leave in a Few
Days on Mission for Farm
Bureau Co-operative.
H. J. O tt and S. H. B a rn a rd expect
to leave w ith in a sh o rt tim e o a a tr ip
of Inspection a lo n g th e coast an d in
th e W illa m e tte valley to stu d y a
n u m b er of problem s. T hey w il! go
as re p re se n ta tiv e s of th e F arm B u r
eau C o-operative of H erm isto n and
expect to s ta r t e ith e r S unday o r a
Week from Sunday.
One of th e ir purposes w ill be to
in sp ect m odern
rehouses of d if
fe re n t types so th a t in fo rm atio n as
to th e m ost desirable k in d of w a re
house w ill be av ailab le If th e co-op
e ra tiv e concern th in k s it advisable
to add to th e local p la n t. Some lit
tle co n sid eratio n to su ch a h e x p an
sion has been given by th e board, b u t
n o th in g d e fin ite h as been done.
T he s ta tu s of th e p o u ltry bu sin ess
a t W inlock an d T u y allu p in W ash
in g to n and a t several O regon p o in ts
w ill also be stu d ied to asc e rta in
w h e th e r in fo rm atio n of use to g ro w
ers here m ay be discovered. Some
o b serv atio n s w ill also be m ade in
d a iry com m unities.
T he tw o p lan to spend sev eral days
• n th e trip .
Rees Makes Announcement
H a rry B. Rees, pioneer S ta n field
re sid en t, announced to d ay h is ca n
didacy for th e rep u b lican n o m in atio n
fo r th e office of reco rd er of convey
ances in th e May prim aries. He has
resided in th e S tan field d is tric t for
14 y ears and h as m any frien d s. "T h e
only prom ise I have to m ake is th a t
I w ill conduct th e office in a business
like m an n er If th e vo ters n o m in ate
and elect m e," Mr. Rees said.
OPERATION IS PERFORMED
Mrs. S. L. C arson su b m itted to a
m in o r o p eratio n a t th e H erm isto n
h o sp ita l W ednesday.
OF INJURY TO BOY’S EYE
1928 EXPECTED TO BE
Birds Examined.
Iou DONT GET UP
Some Slight Increase May Come in
Year, State College Esti
DISTRICT STARTS
CLEANING CANALS
mate Says.
Some of th e m ost comm on diseases
of p o u ltry an d th e m ethods of p re
v en tio n and tre a tm e n t w ere discuss
ed a t a c lin ic for p o u ltry ra ise rs by
Dr. W . T. Jo h n so n , v e te rin a ria n in
c h arg e o f p o u ltry disease stu d ie s a t SYSTEM BEING PUT INTO SHAPE
O. A. C., a t a m eetin g held y esterd ay
FOR 1928 SEASON
a ftern o o n in th e reclam atio n b u ild
ing. T h ere w ere 33 p o u ltry ra ise rs Much of Work Done Last Fall So
presen t.
That Task of Making Ready
In a d d itio n to th e fo rm al discu ss
ion. Dr. Jo h n so n an sw ered q u estio n s
Is Not Heavy One.
Miss Maud Roydon, noted English th a t w ere asked by ra ise rs a n d ex
Myron C. Taylor, who succeeded the
preacher, came to America to lecture. am ined th e bodies of sick fow ls th a t
W ork by th e H erm isto n Irrig a tio n late Elbert H. Gary as chairman of
Her engagement in Chicago was can w ere b ro u g h t to th e m eetin g .
d is tric t in p re p a rin g th e can al sys the finance committee of the United
celed, presumably because she some
B acillary w h ite d ia rrh e a , coccidio- tem for use d u rin g th e season of 1928 States Steel corporation.
times smokes.
sls, chick en pox an d in te rn a l p a ra was s ta rte d y esterd ay and w ill be
sites w ere th e ch ief tro u b le s to fin ish ed by th e tim e it is necessary
w hich Dr. Jo h n so n p aid a tte n tio n . to tu rn on th e sp rin g head, accord
T he firs t m en tio n ed disease causes in g to E. D. M artin , p ro ject su p e rin
a h eavy loss of chicks, c u ts down ten d ed
pro d u ctio n , low ers h a tc h a b ility and
T he w ork now u n d e r w ay includes
affects thie ovary an d eg£.
b u rn in g of weeds alo n g th e canals
C hicken pox is m ore com m on in and la te ra ls, re p la c in g w orn out
W ashington, D. C.—The navy de
W ashington, D. C.— S ecretary Hoov th e W estern O regon d is tric ts th a n
gates, rep ack in g leaky valves, re p artm en t has been told, in reports
e r becam e an avowed candidate for in E a ste rn O regon b u t w as found on
p a irs to ban k s of ditch es and o th er from N icaragua, th a t A ugustino San-
the republican p resid en tial nom ina th e p ro ject d u rin g th e p a st w in te r,
sim ila r w ork.
dino, rebel chief, is in flight to H on
tion when he gave form al perm ission he said. T h e ex p erim en t sta tio n is
"T h e re is a little team w ork th a t duras.
for his Ohio su p p o rters to e n ter h is w o rk in g on a new v accine w hich
A m essage from officers in Nica
has to be done before th e system is
nam e in th e Ohio prim ary.
gives prom ise o t c o n tro llin g th e d is re ad y fo r w ater, b u t little of th is ragua, given to the senate foreign re
In his firs t cam paign statem en t, ease. T he g re a te st loss from th is d is
so rt of w ork rem ain s to be d one,” lations com m ittee by S ecretary Wil
which took th e form of a le tte r to ease is n o t in m o rta lity b u t in loss
S upt. M artin said. "W e got a good bur, declared Sandino was practically
T had H. Brown, chairm an of th e Ohio of p ro d u ctio n .
s t a r t on th is so rt of w ork la st fa ll.” out of am m unition and "Insofar as
"H oover for P resid en t” com m ittee, the
Coccodlosis causes th e g re a te st loss
N icaragua is concerned, he 1 b finished
se c retary declared him self bound "to w hen chicks a re a b o u t th re e w eeks
and is sim ply trying to escape."
carry forw ard th e principles of th e old. B loody d ro p p in g s u su a lly a d
"Indication is, from la te st rep o rts,”
republican p arty and th e g re a t ob v e rtise th e p rev alen ce of th e d is
the m essage read, “th a t Sandino in
jectiv as of P resid en t Coolidge's poli ease. T he b est tr e a tm e n t is 40 per
tends to reach n o rth ern coast of H on
cies.”
cen t pow dered m ilk in th e ratio n s.
duras. T here is am ple evidence th a t
He indicated his intention to refrain T he house sh o u ld b e cleaned a n d d is
all th e rifles th a t Sandino has were
from p ersonal cam paigning in the pre- in fected every day, Dr. Jo h n so n said.
procured in N icaragua from men who
convention- prim aries, and to retain D am pness aro u n d th e q u a rte rs m akes
tailed to turn them In. Sandino's am
his official post a t th e head of th e an Ideal co n d itio n fo r th e disease.
DEALERS SAY ANOTHER 30 DAYS m unition is practically gone.”
com m erce dep artm en t.
T he In te rn a l p a ra site s include th e
On th e basis of this m essage, C hair
WILL TAKE SUPPLY
The le tte r signaled th e beginning of ro u n d w orm , fo u n d In th e sm all in
man Borah of the com m ittee declared
a sharp co n test for th e Ohio delega te s tin e ; th e tap e w orm , also found in
th a t “If this is correct, th e outlook is
tion to th e republican national con th e sm all in te s tin e ; an d th e secum Demand for A lfalfa Comes From the
very good.”
vention, since th e H oover cam paign w orm , fo u n d in th e b len d in testin e.
Dairy Sections Along
All d ata rotating to A m erican in ter
will face th e alread y indicated opposi N ico tin e su lp h a te cap su les w hich can
vention in N icaragua w ere placed be
tion of S en ato r W illis of Ohio, repub be p u rch ased a t th e F arm B u reau Co
Pacific Coast.
fore the com m ittee by S ecretary Wil
lican, an o th er announced candidate.
o p erativ e a re best to use in tr e a tin g
bur and a staff of naval and m arine
th e disease a fte r it h as a foothold.
A n o th er 30 days w ill see p ractically officers a t the com m ittee hearing.
FRANK SM ITH REAPPOINTED A tte n tio n p aid to k eep in g q u a rte rs all of th e h ay in th e d is tric t a d ja It showed th a t 12 A m ericans and
s a n ita ry is th e beet p re v e n ta tiv e , ac cen t to H erm iston sold and shipped, 156 N icaraguans have been killed
S e n a to rE le c t R ecently Barred, la co rd in g to D r. Jo h n so n .
acco rd in g to sta te m e n ts by local d eal since m arines w ent to th a t country.
Again Named by Governor.
ers.
Springfield, 111.—F ran k L. Smith, MANY STRANGERS LOOK AT
If p resen t dem and is m a in tain ed ,
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
senator-elect of Illinois, whose seat
LANDS IN THIS DISTRICI th e re w ill be no c a rry o v er of hay in
was declared v acant by th e U nited
to th e crop y e a r of 1928.
Thom as A. Edison, the noted inven
R ep o rts from v ario u s so u rces In d i
S tates senate, haB handed his resig
In th e H erm isto n d is tric t proper tor, celebrated his 81st birthday S at
nation to G overnor Small, th e gover- i cate th a t th e re is m ore in te re s t in h ay is all gone now , and in some urday.
n or im m ediately reappointing him to j H erm isto n la n d on th e p a rt of p ro s cases fa rm ers c a u g h t sh o rt a re h a u l
The republican presidential political
fill th e unexpired term and issuing a pective b u y ers th a n for a long tim e. in g from th e B u tte r creek d is tric t, field was fu rth e r broadened with the
proclam ation for a special senatorial M any new people have been on th e d eale rs stated .
announcem ent th a t Jam es E. W atson,
p rim ary and election.
p ro ject w ith in th e p ast tw o or th ree
T he prolonged w in te r season had Indiana senator, would be a candidate.
The governors' proclam ation said w eeks to look a t places th a t a re on th e re s u lt of stiffe n in g both dem and
The rig h t of Jam es M. Beck to re
the special sen ato rial p rim ary would j th e m ark et.
a n d price of hay. A t p resen t the tain his seat as a republican rep re
be held on April 10, th e d ate for th e ) Q uite a n u m b er of th e new com ers p rice is a b o u t $10 p er ton in ’he sentative from P ennsylvania was up
reg u lar A pril prim ary, and th a t th e , w ho a re looking aro u n d have come stack to th e grow er. T h is com pares held by a house elections com m ittee
special sen ato rial election would be , from c o u n trie s w h ere m uch m ore w ith $7.50 w hich w as th e price th a t by a vote of 6 to 3.
held in N ovem ber in connection with snow an d cold w e a th e r a re found prevailed for th e firs t of th e 1927
The U nited S tates Lawn T ennis as
th e reg u lar election.
ev ery w in te r th a n p rev ail in th is crop.
L a te r h ig h e r fig u re s ruled, sociation’s annual ran k in g of sta rs
Sm ith issued a 1400-word statem en t j co u n try . Some of th ese a re
from an d a b ig p a r t of th e local to n n ag e showed W illiam T. Tilden II still at
in connection with his resignation, de- i co u n ties fa r th e r e a st in O regon, an d is estim a te d to hav e moved a t from the head of the list, with F rancis T.
ciaring he would e n te r the special pri- ! o th e rs a re from th e n o rth e rn p a rt of $8.50 to $9 per ton.
H u n ter occupying second place.
m ary to te s t the will of th e people of Idaho.
P re se n t dem and is p ra c tic a lly e n
D ieudonne C osts and Joseph Le
Illinois ag ain st th e action of th e
tire ly from d airy sections alo n g th e Brix, F rench good will fliers, whose
U nited S tates senate, w hich debarred
Special Services Held
coast, chiefly in th e P u g e t Sound 22,000-mlle course has led them over
him.
four continents during the last four
Rev. A. J . W are w en t to Cold co u n try .
S p rin g s S u n d ay a ftern o o n w here he
S h ip m en ts a t p resen t a re being m onths, landed in New York S atur
Mrs. F. L. K elley a n d d a u g h te r.
conducted relig io u s services In th e m ade o u t of H in k le a t th e ra te of day.
Mrs. Groom, re tu rn e d F rid a y from school house. P la n s have been m ade five or six carlo ad s a day. T he hay
P o rtla n d w h ere th e y sp e n t sev eral to hold serv ices a g a in tw o w eeks th a t ig m oving comes from th e B u t
R. A lexande • of P en d leto n
was
w eeks fo r th e b e n e fit of th e la tte r 's la te r.
te r creek ran ch es alm o st e n tire ly .
re c e n tly indisposed on acco u n t of a
h e a lth . Mrs. Groom su b m itte d to a
cold, b u t he is feelin g b e tte r now.
su rg ic a l o p eratio n w hich proved very
Mr. an d Mrs. W. J . W a rn e r w ere
Mrs. B ert N ation le ft M onday for W ih t h is son Roy he w as a H erm is
successful.
P en d leto n v llto rs S a tu rd a y .
P o -tia n d to v isit h e r m other.
to n v isito r M onday.
SENATE INFORMED
SANDINO jS BEATEN
HOOVER ANNOUNCES
WILL BE CANDIUATE
1927 HAY CROP TO ]
BE ALL CLEANED UP
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O regon S ta te A g ric u ltu ra l College,
C orvallis, Feb. 16— A g ric u ltu ra l in
come in O regon for 1928 w ill eq u al
or be slig h tly above th a t of 1927 if
p resen t in d icatio n s for th e leading
farm in d u s trie s a re n o t rad ically
changed, acco rd in g to th e a n n u a l
econom ic outlook re p o rt Just issued
here. The s ta te re p o rt em bodies p er
tin e n t ex cerp ts from th e federal o u t
look re p o rt com bined w ith local in
form ation g a th e re d by extension and
experim ent sta tio n specialists and 26
county agents.
G radual im provem ent in th e a g r i
c u ltu ra l s itu a tio n is show n th o u g h
m any suggestions a re m ade fo r a d
ju s tm e n t of p ro d u ctio n to c h an g in g
m a rk e t dem ands. T he com plete re
p o rt, covering g en eral conditions,
farm crops, livestock, d airy in g , p o u l
try and h o rtic u ltu re , is being p re
pared for g en eral d is trib u tio n a li t
tle later.
A skeleton sum m ary follow s:
Improvement Shown
T he g e n e ra l a g ric u ltu ra l s itu a tio n
in Oregon is Im proved, th e gross farm
Income b ein g h ig h e r th a n a t an y
o th e r tim e since th e peak in 1919-20.
T h ere is an increased a c tiv ity in fa rm
lands and an Increase in num ber of
farm s. W ith
increased efficiency
and a d ju s tm e n t of prod u ctio n to m a r
ket dem ands, g ra d u a l increase
of
farm Income is in d icated for som e
tim e.
Local m a rk e ts on P acific coast,
w here p o p u latio n is in cre a sin g tw ice
a s ra p id ly as in th e n atio n as a w hole,
w ill probably tend to Im prove. Dom
estic m ark ets gen erally a re expected
to co n tin u e ab o u t as in 1927, w hile
foreign m a rk e ts ap p ear a little less
favorable th a n a y e a r ago.
C red it
co n d itio n s a re fav o rab le fo r th e f a r
m er now, and a lth o u g h lab o r ra te s
a re stil 70 per cen t g re a te r th a n fo r
th e p re -w a r period 1910-14, a b e tte r
supply is lik ely to be available.
C om m ercial p o tato acreage In O re
gon is lik ely to rem ain ab o u t the
sam e as in 1927 b u t it a p p ears th a t
m a te ria l increases a re Intended In all
s ta te s from N ebraska to Maine. R eg
ions of h ig h acre yields and low
fre ig h t w ill su ffe r least from over-
p la n tin g .
Wheat Acreage Expanded
A w orld expansion In w h eat a re a is
in prospect. A th re e per cen t In
crease in w in te r w h eat is in sig h t
for th e P acific coast states. J u s ti
ficatio n for sp rin g p la n tin g exists in
th e B lue M ountain region and p a rts
of th e W illa m e tte valley, th o u g h in
th e la tte r flax, barley or o ats may be
m ore p ro fitab le. In crease In gene
ral b arley acreag e is wa. ra n te d be
cause of loeal and ex p o rt dem nd. In
crease in corn is ju stified .
C a ttle p rices a re expected to re
m ain fa irly h ig h for several years,
b u t ryw o p e ra to rs are cau tioned In
s ta r tin g a t p re se n t high prices for
breed in g stock. Sheep a re Increas
in g th ro u g h o u t th e w orld, b u t m a r
k et dem and is expected to he good
except in occasional years. E fficien t
production is essen tial to co ntinued
p ro fit. O nly 249 sta llio n s w ere in
public service in Oregon as com pared
to 1051 In 1912. H ogs a re still pro
duced below s ta te req u ire m e n ts b u t
probably to th e cap a c ity of w aste
(C o n tin u ed on page tw o )
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SAME AS 1927
THE FEATHERHEADS
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INCOME ON OREGON
FARMS SHOWS GAIN
MYRON C. TAYLOR
Questions and See Sick
Held Wednesday.
LOCAL MEN PLAN TRIP TO
SHOTGUN EXPLOSION CAUSE
In ju rie s to h is rig h t eye th a t may
Im pair th e vision w ere su ffered last
8 u n d ay aftern o o n by th e oldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam T aylor who
FOWL DISEASES EXPLAINED BY
lives n o rth of H erm isto n w hen
a
sh o tg u n exploded. T h e eye w as
0. A. C. VETERINARIAN
pow der burned an d o th erw ise in ju r
Clinic Attended by 33 Who Ask ed and w as dressed by Dr. Sears.
BLOWS OFF
S uicide by th e use o t a stick of
d y n a m ite on w hich he had placed his
head as on a cushion w as com m itted
M onday aftern o o n by F ra n c is Isaih
R ider, w ell know n fa rm e r n e a r I r
rig o n .
H e h ad been w o rk in g in h is shop,
n o t fa r from th e house. Tlioso who
found th e body sta te d th a t he had
rem oved h is shoes and coat and th e n
h ad lain dow n w ith th e stic k
of
d y n am ite u n d er th e back of h is head.
T he force of th e explosion rem oved
th e e n tire top of h is head an d caused
m in o r la c e ra tio n s on h is shoulders.
S u rv iv in g him are th e widow and
th re e sons, one of v h o rn is em ployed
in a logging cam p in W estern O re
gon. T he o th e r tw o live a t home.
T he R id ers a re said to have lived
n e a r Irrig o n for a b o u t 15 y ears.
Those w ho know th e fam ily have ex
pressed no reason th e deceased m ig h t
have had for ta k in g hi life. He w as
alm ost 61 y ears old an d w as b o rn in
W isconsin.
F u n e rl services w ere conducted
W ednesday aftern o o n a t 2 o ’clock in
th e Irrig o n ch u rch w ith Rev. S w agger
of U m atilla in charge.
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